# Replication Materials for: "Expressive and Strategic Behavior in Legislative Elections in Argentina

### DATA
	# The *_data.csv files contain the number of votes for each party, number of black and void ballots, and number of electors for each mesa. CABA refers to the City of Buenos Aires, CHACO to Chaco Province, ER to Entre Rios Province, NQN to Neuquen Province, SALTA to Salta Province, SANTIAGO to Santiago del Estero Province, RN to Rio Negro Province, and TDF to Tierra del Fuego Province 
	# ElectionResults.csv contains aggregate election results for the primaries and general elections in each province, which are use for the marginals in the transition matrices. 
	# Effective_Number_of_Lists.csv contains the effective number of lists detailed in Appendix A. 
	# PairwiseCorrelations.csv contains the data to replicate Figure 1. 

### CODES

	# CHACO_Estimate.R, ER_Estimate.R, NQN_Estimate.R, RN_Estimate.R, SALTA_Estimate.R, SGO_Estimate.R, and TDF_Estimate.R estimate the transition matrices for the provinces of Chaco, Entre Rios, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, Santiago del Estero, and Tierra del Fuego, respectively. It's results are in Table 6, Figure 1, and Appendix F. 
	# TurnoutCABA_Estimate.R obtains the estimates in Table 3, and their standard errors found in the first table of Appendix C. 
	# CABA_Estimate.R estimates Table 4, the standard errors found in the second table of Appendix C, and all tables in Appendix D. 
	# CABA_Estimate_with_dums.R estimates Table 5, the standard errors in the third table of Appendix C, and all tables in Appendix E. 
	# variation.R plots the figures in Appendix B. 
	# getbetas.R, getbetasagr.R, and getbetascom.R are functions used by all the *_Estimate.R codes. 

